GIMP Icons
I use GIMP mainly because it is free and produces png-files
that I use on my web pages.
In Windows XP, this is a great product.
However, with Windows 10 and a high definition monitor - the icons are too small to be used !!!
Adding a new Theme
| Setting the font size
| Bottom Line
Adding a new Theme
Using GIMP 2.8, extremely small icons is a common problem without a solution.
A partial solution is provided via
gimpforums.com.
- Download and unzip oxygen.zip (Size: 891.85 KB / Downloads: 124)
- Place the files in the correct directory
- Tell GIMP to use the new theme via
Edit / Preferences / Theme / oxygen
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- Quit and restart GIMP to see the larger Toolbox icons
Since this is Windows 10, the security model forces you to download and unzip file in
an unprotected directory.
Then you can copy (or move) the unzipped directory to this protected directory.
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\themes
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There will be a security dialog box - just allow the paste.
- You must restart GIMP to see the new theme in the list.
- After selecting the new theme, you must exit and restart GIMP for the new icons to be displayed.
Well, that sort of works.
- The toolbox icons are now readable
- Other icons (such as the Brush icons) are still way too small
- The text is huge - way too large
Setting the font size
To fix the text size, I copied the oxygen directory and edited gtkrc.
In the file, you will find
The number appears to be the font size - I found size 10 to be the "best" for my system.
These additional properties might be useful
GimpDock::font-scale = 0.8333
GimpRuler::font-scale = 0.8333
GimpUnitComboBox::label-scale = 0.8333
GimpScaleComboBox::label-scale = 0.8333
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They are present in the default theme but not in oxygen.
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\themes\Default\gtkrc
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\themes\oxygen\gtkrc
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Since the provided file uses unix line endings, I opened it in wordpad and saved it.
Afterwards, I used notepad for the edits because wordpad kept warning me that
all the (non-existent) formatting info would be lost.
Because of security (I am really tired of this Windows 10 nonsense),
I had to edit the file in one location, copy it to the protected directory, and
then click on the security warning.
(Very irritating!)
I later remembered that the security properties of a file can be changed
by right-clicking the file and selecting Properties.
After that, editing was much easier.
Bottom Line
The bottom line is simple - Don't "upgrade" (downgrade) to Windows 10.
Stay with Windows XP as long as you can since a lot of software works there
but is mostly unusable in Windows 10.
To be clear,
- Most of the icons in GIMP are still too small, only the toolbox icons were enlarged.
- The icons are way too small in other programs - such as Lazarus, a pascal compiler.
- Several programs I wrote work perfectly in Windows XP, but are unusable in Windows 10.
Of course, I tried all the "compatibility" settings - a complete waste of time.
Author:
Robert Clemenzi